Flat Wing Nano Talon

[@northernfpv9562]

Great fix!! I was looking at $40 to print those parts and didn't really want to invest that into the Nano Talon, so thanks so much for this!

[@AndrewNewton]

Excellent, get the knife out

[@northernfpv9562]

And you feel it's worth it for the improvements in flight characteristics?

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes definitely

[@Donatillo1961]

Awesome work ,Andrew !!!!!!!

[@flightlieutenant6902]

Great modification & upgrade mate 😁. It flys a lot better now 😁 Thumbs up & thanks for the info.Cheers !

[@maxun1]

Fantastic I was waiting for you opinion, and there it was in the end of the video. thanks.

[@currdog44]

You Newton-ed the hell out of that bird mod! Brilliant as usual Andrew. Love it. Now I know how to mod my Nano Talon!

[@AndrewNewton]

There must be lots of unloved Nano Talons just waiting for new life.

[@Jimgoodwin846]

Nice video and nice mods.

[@gke3800]

Good idea to ditch the dihedral. My simple mod was to rip out all of the spare box bits except the fuselage plates. I then sliced out the top of the outboard wing spar boxes and epoxied a carbon tube into the trough. The aileron end was done pretty much as you describe. I find the rudder function pretty much useless as it flies best as a plank using the short coupled elevator more as trim.

[@MkmeOrg]

Looking great!

[@cammo3876]

Now that's an interesting mod my friend I look forward to getting down and handing you the reins to my talon This should be an interesting experiment and maybe we can also fly together which should really show the difference Good job again buddy 🖖

[@AndrewNewton]

Yes we will do that. Just need less weather

[@GroundControlRC]

Nice MOD and demo flight.

[@AndrewNewton]

It really works

[@davidpayton8336]

Thanks for the great video Andrew. I'm new to RC planes. A guy from the local club here in Bakersfield, California gave me a Nano Talon & I've had nothing but trouble with it. I seems to like hitting it's nose on the Earth at every launch. :-(

[@AndrewNewton]

Hmm, it shouldn't do that. Are you using the stabiliser? Elevator moving in the right direction?

[@farminglifeaustralia6716]

We experimented with dihedral, sweep, and all the so called inbuilt stability stuff 30 years ago in full size aircraft and found that although they all work to a degree, if you are trying to build an aircraft with neutral stability which in my opinion is the way to go they are not a good idea in the case of dihedral and sweep they are constantly correcting so flight while overall is somewhat stable the air craft is going through the air like a dog sniffing from side to side while rolling its head. The other thing is that lift acts at 90 Degrees to the airfoil and weight is always straight down so in the case of dihedral the more you build into an air craft the more you decrease lift because lift is not acting directly opposite to weight. If you asked most aircraft builders why they use dihedral they will tell you it adds stability they don't think about it or their knowledge of aerodynamics is not up to the challenge. The other thing is we are used to seeing dihedral in air craft, the boffins put it on the aircraft so it must be good. If you look at the old time free flight aircraft they had heaps of all that stuff and they flew around slow and like they were a bit drunk and that was ok you didn't have control so the slower the better but with an aircraft you can have control over most times dihedral is not a good idea. In the case of designs like the talon being so shortly coupled makes longitudinal stability difficult as well. John

[@AndrewNewton]

Makes sense for slow flying gliders and RET planes, but flat works better for me in less than perfect conditions

[@Steve-zx7jz]

You are quite the professional hacker

[@AndrewNewton]

Ha, yes it is my favourite pastime

[@alasdair4161]

Thanks Andrew, I just folded mine in aluminium, patient is in pre-op waiting for surgery to begin..

[@AndrewNewton]

Interesting, hope the op is successful

[@alasdair4161]

Thanks, at least the weather will allow plenty of ICU healing time (glue curing..)

[@AndrewNewton]

Might have problems with minimum temps for curing?

[@bladefpv9194]

Can u pls review the Hking skysword?

[@AndrewNewton]

Not my kind of plane. Too expensive and I'm not keen on the short flight times and big batteries of EDFs

[@bladefpv9194]

I really want to see u do an edf tho

[@beratercin4984]

Hi I want to do A RC plane but ı have an question it Will be My first plane and ı dont have any plane plan can you share with me?

[@AndrewNewton]

Flite Test have the best planes for beginners - www.flitetest.com/getting-started You can use foamboard or cardboard. Or I have some plans here - newtonairlines.blogspot.com

[@beratercin4984]

Andrew Newton thanks for the information.Have A good working.

[@maxun1]

I printed the mod brackets and tomorrow is going up.

[@AndrewNewton]

Excellent, good luck

[@EnglishTurbines]

Who needs a 3D Printer..?....Not the older generation thats for sure...lol....Nice work Andrew, now the Stabilizer works WITH the plane, not against it. The king of Dutch Rolling is cured..!!!! Such a schoolboy design error, the original designer is probably mortified by his naivety.

[@AndrewNewton]

Maybe the designer is not permitted to leave the cubicle and test the design

[@EricJanOud]

Haha "twitchy in manual mode"... Sounds logical if you remove the inherent stability and let stabilisation mode do that for you :)

[@kylendonovan9470]

I realize I'm quite randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to watch new movies online?

[@zayndominick3842]

@Kylen Donovan Flixportal

[@kylendonovan9470]

@Zayn Dominick thanks, signed up and it seems to work :D I appreciate it!!

[@zayndominick3842]

@Kylen Donovan No problem :D

[@jameslamb4573]

If Banggood, GearBest, or whoever are not smart enough to send you a 3D printer and there's something you wanted printed give me a hoi (or should that be hoy?).

[@AndrewNewton]

Thanks James. I am interested in 3D printing, just holding back for a while.

[@Smt_Glaive]

1:45 lazy boy.... Use epoxy... Xd

[@AndrewNewton]

Never for foam, wrong glue

[@lloydprunier4415]

Not going to sell printers doing things like that! You are a "REBEL" LOL

[@bonafidepirate]

lol Don't do it! They're almost as addictive as FPV itself. :D

[@AndrewNewton]

Haha, I'm waiting for 3D printers to become easy and reliable

[@cartolla]

3D printers and flying things are BFF! Hehe Nice job!